Faith in action

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Faith in action

• Section 3 CAFODs history and work

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What is CAFOD?

• CAFOD is the Catholic Agency for Overseas
  Development.
• It is the official overseas development agency of
  the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
• It is also a member of the Caritas International
  Federation a network of Catholic relief and
  development agencies.

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How did CAFOD begin?

• 1961 Catholic women organised the first Fast Day
  to help mothers and babies in the Caribbean
• 1962 After a huge response, Catholic bishops of
  England and Wales set up CAFOD.

Jacquie Stuyt, one of CAFODs founders
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CAFOD today

• Q How many staff has CAFOD?
• A CAFOD has 200 staff in the UK and 50 overseas
• Q In how many countries does CAFOD work?
• A CAFOD supports more than 500 projects and
  programmes in over 50 countries
• Q How much does CAFOD spend?
• A CAFOD spent over 50 million in 2006 to help
  people all around the world.

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Who does CAFOD help?

• Q On which continents does CAFOD work?
• A In Latin America, Asia, the Middle East,
  Africa and Eastern Europe.
• Q Does CAFOD only help Catholics?
• A CAFOD does not just help other Catholics!
• Q How does CAFOD decide who to help?
• A According to need, not race, religion, gender
  or politics.

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What motivates CAFOD?

• The hopes of the poor
• Gospel messages
• Catholic Social Teaching
• Inspiration of faith

What motivates/would motivate you to work for
justice?
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Where does CAFOD get money?

• The Catholic community (thats you!) gives 75
  of the money
• Government British and European
• Joint appeals with other agencies
• Can you name any famous
• CAFOD supporters?

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What does CAFOD do?

• Q Short-term relief can you explain what this
  is?
• A Responding to emergencies
• Q Long-term development can you explain what
  this is?
• A Helping people to help themselves, making
  changes that will last
• Q Work in the UK can you say what sort of
  work?
• A Education, campaigning and fundraising

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Short-term relief

• an immediate response to a crisis or disaster
  (like a conflict or an earthquake)
• providing basic needs (food, water and shelter)

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Short-term relief

• Response to an immediate
• crisis, often leads to
• long-term projects.

• CAFOD does not leave when the emergency is over

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Long-term development

• tackles the source of a problem
• helps people to help themselves
• provides a solution that lasts.

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Long-term development

• Give a man a fish you have fed him for today.
  Teach a man to fish and you have fed him for
  a lifetime
• Anon, China

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What does CAFOD do in the UK?

• Education
• working with volunteers
• speaking to schools, youth groups and parishes
• producing materials for schools and parishes
• providing training for teachers

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What does CAFOD do in the UK?

• Campaigning
• using action and lobbying to put pressure on MPs
  and businesses
• using campaign actions to raise awareness.

Campaigners raise awareness of how gold mining
damages the poor.
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What does CAFOD do in the UK?

• Fundraising
• Organising Fast Days at Lent and Harvest
• Helping volunteers to organise events
• Applying for grants
• Advertising for donations and legacies

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How can I put my faith into action?

• Find out more visit www.cafod.org.uk/bigdeal
• Tell others and pray for a fairer world
• Join the campaign take action!
• Raise money in new and original ways
• Be aware of the environment
• Buy fairly-traded products
• Set up a CAFOD group in your school or church
• Join CAFOD events in your local area
• What will you do?

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Messages from around the world

• I salute people in the UK who support CAFOD
  and I hope you can continue to support our peace
  projects for youth in the future.
• Christmar, a youth worker in the Philippines

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Messages from around the world

• I greet all the schoolchildren who support
  CAFOD. May God keep you and I wish for you to
  study well and have a good future.
• Antoine Ove, aged 15, Congo

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Messages from around the world

• I think it would be very nice if young people
  in England and Wales got motivated by
  knowing what goes on in other countries.
• Henry, Honduras, Latin America

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Picture credits Annie Bungeroth, Brijesh Patel,
CAFOD, Darren Zlatareff, George Swift, Jim Stipe,
Kate Stanworth, Lancashire Publications
Ltd, Laura Donkin, Laura Storr, Noel Gavin,
Patrick Nicholson, Richard Wainwright, Simon
Rawles.